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♪ glory, glory hallelujah >> this is the end of the ceremony at the vietnam veteran's memorial with the president and the first lady and the defense secretary, panetta, joe biden, dr. jill biden laying a wreath. the president will now leave paying respect to 58,282 names that are now on the granite wall at the vietnam veteran's memorial. more on that as it comes in. i am trace gallagher here for shepard smith of the the news begins anew, on "studio b" with the president honoring the men and women who is died defending the united states in the first memorial day since the end the iraq war. the president laid a wreath at arlington national cemetery before saying all men and women who have fought and sacrificed their lives for the united states have the very same

connection. listen. >> while their stories could be separated by hundreds of years and thousands of miles, they rest here. together. side-by-side. row by row. each of them loved this country. and everything it stands for. more than life itself. >>trace: the president vowed to take care of the troop whose make him heavy long after their service is over and moments ago the president held a ceremony at vietnam memorial as we showed you to mark the start of a 13 year project to honor the 50-year anniversary of the vietnam war. and now to ed live at the white house. ed the ceremony at wall was a long time coming for many vietnam veterans. >> it was. and that's because of the fact that when many of the vietnam veterans came home those fortunate enough to come home

because over 58,000 who died during that conflict, many of therm were disrespected and the president was very blunt in saying that while the country may have turned its back on those vietnam, they never turned their backs on this country. take a listen. >> came home and sometimes were denigrated when you should have been celebrateed. it was a national shame. a disgrace. >> this is the going of a 13 year program that will culminate with the marking at the end of the 13 years with the fact that will mark 50 years since the last u.s. troops left what was then called saigon so this is the beginning of a long program to finally bring some of the vietnam veterans their did you. trace? >>trace: ed, earlier the president marked a major milestone for a more recent war. >>reporter: he was specifically talking about iraq and noting this is the first

time in nine years that american men and women in uniform are not serving and dying in iraq. we should note that over 4,400 americans did die in that war the second longest war in american history, the longest, of course, is afghanistan which still goes on more than 1,800 americans have lost their lives serving and the if is the noting he is trying to wind that down down. >>trace: thank you, ed, from the white house. and now the host of "war stories," oliver north, retired marine correspondence loot lot. you have fought with very dear friends die for your country. just your initial thoughts, sir. >>guest: very powerful and great kudos who put it together, this was absolutely magnificent and for the 2.7 million of us who served in that long ago far away war, a welcome home that is

well citizenned, long overdue, certainly a wonderful occasion and watching the b-52 fly over washington, dc, i will have to tell you i never in the i would see it, trace. >>trace: it was a site -- sight to be seen. you talk about the fact there are 58,282 names on the wall street. you mentioned this is the biggest draw in the nation's capitol. what brings people there and why is the draw so powerful. >>guest: the vietnam veterans memorial is the most visited site in washington, dc, more so than lincoln right behind it or washington at the other end of the wall or the capitol. and it is that way because there are a lot of americans who realized way too late that those who sacrificed so much, whose names are on that wall, the killed and missing, 75,000 who were terribly wounded who came home to less care they deserved and warranted and needed, that

should never happen again. and i think that the youngsters that get off the tour buses and i saw a budge of them there this week, i was there this morning looking at young families far too young to have known anything about the war, but knew of a relative or a friend or knew someone else who had been there, and they come to respect the remarkable courage, commitment and compassion of the americans who got nothing of what they deserved when they came home. >>trace: long overdue respect, colonel north, thank you. colonel north will be back and we will talk more about memorial day and the special significance this day has for thousands of vietnam war vets marking half a century since america wrap up the involvement in the vietnam war. also, there is dangerous weather in the south, the first big tropical storm to hit the mainland in season causing very serious problems. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink?

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>>trace: a rough memorial day weekend in jacksonville florida, with beryl packing winds up to 70's miles per hour that is just shy of a hurricane strength. and, forecasters now warning folks along that stretch of the atlantic coast to brace for heavy rain and potentially severe flooding today and tomorrow. and now, live from jacksonville. did anyone try to wait this out? >> we did, trace. people more often than not decided if they were not checking out they were going to stay throughout the reminder of the storm but as you can see from the wind tropical depression beryl came yesterday and still here. we are expensing winds up to 30 miles per hour, and as we all know winds last night between 12 and 2:00 a.m., reaching 70's miles per hour which is almost hurricane strength. a lot of travelers who we spoke with did not know the storm was

approaching and a woman was driving here when it first hit. here is what she told us. >> it was just kind of like i could feel the wind. the car was, it was windy, the rain was heavy, it was hard to see. a little bit stressful. >> i expect a normal memorial day type of traffic, some accidents, because a lot of people do not pay attention to the roads with the weather the way it is. >> there were predicted 6.5 million people visiting coastal communities from florida to north carolina and almost all those people affected by this storm this weekend. trace? >>trace: so it looks like jacksonville is pretty much in the clear. is that the case? >>reporter: well, we can anticipate anywhere between 4" and 8" of rain. the storm will remain here until wednesday morning and we heard there is debris open the

roadway. a last the flights are delayed at airport f people do not have to leave their home today, if they do not have to travel the mayor would prefer people stay not home and wait if the storm to pass. tomorrow is a normal work day but a thousand men and women cleaning up the city before people go back to work tomorrow. >>trace: very early start to the season. thank you, elizabeth, from jacksonville, florida. and now, over to our meteorologist with the follow affiliate in new york. where is this storm headed now? >>reporter: well, it appears what we see moving sightly to the north into southern georgia bringing heavy rains tomorrow. we are seeing heavy bands of rain across northern florida and the surf is up as we saw elizabeth's report with heights above average, 2' above average at the time of high tide and we expect it to hit georgia dome

and hug the is, second coast on wednesday and they will re-emerge into the atlantic and develop into a tropical storm status before heading into the northern atlantic on thursday and into friday. the other big story across the nation is the heat that a lot of folks are spensessing this memorial day. we have record heat from chicago toward memphis and new orleans and the core of the heat is located right along the mississippi river and extended all the way to the east and we have very warm numbers from new york city to south georgia running at 10- to 15-degrees above average. that is great everyone vacationing at the beaches. toward new england cooler, boston is actually in the 60's today, and we see cooler weather to the west, here, into the inenter mountain states and northwest. a cold front will pass law and that will cool it down and it could ignite severe thunderstorms in parts of chicago and toward milwaukee and headed to michigan tonight. so we will watch for severe weather later this evening.

trace? >>trace: thank you from wnyw. folks in kansas has a hailstorm on their hands yesterday. look at this. you can hear different sounds but that is golf bomb sized-hail slamming into the windshield in central kansas. you can see it shattered the back defend -- windshield with gusts up to 55 miles per hour after a strong line of tornadoes ripped across north central texas. the judge in the john edwards case has a lot to deal with as the jury is ready for another day of deliberations. the judge could talk to all on the jury to make sure no one had been swaying by the defendant's behavior in court. our legal panel gets into that, next. announcer ] you're at the age where you don't get thrown by curveballs.

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>>trace: the jury in the gentleman corruption trial due back tomorrow for day seven of deliberations as questions swirl around the jury after abc reported that a female alternate has been flirting with john edwards in the courtroom. on friday the judge abruptly kicked out the reporters for a meeting with attorneys and no word on what they discussed or if that report of the flirting had anything to do with it but the judge is expected to take under the jury issue again not morning. john edwards is facing up to 30 years in prison and fines on charges that he used nearly $1 million in campaign cash to hide his pregnant mistress we during his 2008 presidential run. his wife, elizabeth, was battling cancer which killed her in 2010. john edwards' lawyers say he is only gety of being a bad husband. but back to the issue with the

jury. and the report of that flirting alternate. a prosecutor says the judge may now have to question all on the jury to make sure the behavior has not tainted them. and now bringing in the legal panel, former prosecutor and fox news legal analyst. what do you think, mercedes? the flirting jury, could this put the trial in jeopardy? >>guest: actually, the judge will go one by one asking are you at all bias and the jury have been sworn to tell the truth. this happened to me in a very similar case right in new york county and the judge did that. polled every juror and add machinished the other side, the opposing side's lawyer who was flirting. so, i bet when he asked all the reporters to leave the courtroom that is what the judge did. he add mondayered the parties in the courtroom. >>trace: you look at the jury and they have asked for a lot of

evidence. are they deadlocked? >>guest: well, trace, this is definitely got a prosecutor bent, generally on high profile cases, on high profile let goes, they come in, four or five hours, casey anthony was four hours after 33 days and o.j. was in five hours, and if they have an acquittal they would have had the acquittal. >>guest: but blagojevich was 14 days. all it is either a hung jury on conviction it is taking too long. >> blagojevich took 14 days and in was a mistrial. a couple things the defense has there is no smoking gun and right new, the jury want something wrapped up quickly and they want the smoking gun. why isn't there anyone saying john edwards intended to use that money that came in as

campaign funds. >>trace: when you go over all the evidence, mercedes, are they trying to sway someone? is that the possibility? or maybe they are trying to go over detail by detail to sway someone on the jury? >>guest: that is a great point. trace. i think that there is at least some hold outs and they are looking for the evidence. it is very complicated case and they are going through the evidence trying to convince someone. it is split. the judge may say we have had enough and have a hung jury. >>trace: your thoughts? >> you have one of the most hated men on the planet in this case. and i think that they are really going to vet him out and try and find a way to find him guilty. he has been with his wife for 37 years and he left after she was terminally ill-and he become as baby daddy? come on? >>guest: maybe a bad husband, jeffrey but not a criminal. >>guest: that is not what they are looking for.

they are looking for this somehow --. >>trace: i want your response, the alternate jury are wearing the same colors what with that? >>guest: it is funny. it must be that the judge's ruling to say, but i honestly don't know. just a guess. it will be a hung jury is my guess. >>trace: jeffrey and mercedes, good of you both, good to see you, thank you. we will have continuing coverage as we mark memorial day across the country and we are now hearing new insights from veterans of the war in vietnam. 50 years later. that is coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. i went to a small high school. the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college.

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>>trace: i am here for shephard smith, this is "studio b" at the bottom the hour time for the to which the news. on this memorial day we remember the men and women who gave their lives for hour country. and this year holds special meaning for those who served in vietnam. as we mentioned it has been 50 years since the united states launched one of the first major operations in vietnam. in january of 1962 army helicopters carried 12,000 south vietnamese troops into the jungle outside what was then saigon. for an offensive against the national liberation strong front called operation chopper marking a turning point in america's involvement if that conflict.

and now, live from washington, dc. >> more than 50,000 united states service member killed in 13 years, a cold war era conflict to halt the march of comism. the vietnam war began when president kennedy deployed hundreds at the end of 1961. august 7, 1964, congress gave president johnson authority though pursue the war. >> the fighting man did not lose the war. politicians lost the war. >> on january 30, 1968, the viet cong launched a wave of attacks, the tet offensive and 37,000 viet cong were killed but politicians decided to end the war. 2,500 united states troops lose their likes and public supports an all time low. >> from a military perspective, the tet offensive was a victory but from a psychological perspective, it was a great defeat because it turned america against this war.

and we have seen similar things happen today in afghanistan. >> this is where, i feel, we lost the war. we were at the head of the snake, you figure there is a tail and a head and we were at hanoi just about there and to pull back, that's the part that got me. >> president president nixon aimed to end the war and congress defunds it three years later two-thirds of all united states troops are withdrawn and the ground war is left to the south vietnamese whom united states forces have trained. on january 27, 1973, all warring parties sign a ceasefire in paris, and the last united states combat soldiers leave in march and the war is officially over but the north vietnam keep fighting until saigon fall to years later. trace? >>trace: thank you, jennifer, from washington, dc. joining us is lieutenant colonel oliver north, a vietnam veteran and host of "war stories," and i found it fascinating you have

said this is probably the most polarizing, maybe the civil war is the most war in united states history, but, you brought up a fascinating point when you said that of all the protests and the uprising people forget that there was actually 70 percent those who served on the ground in vietnam were volunteers not drafted. >>guest: absolutely. i was there several times this week once with medical corps man who was mind me my radio operator e-mailing that same day, and i am reminded that 43 years ago today i was taken off a helicopter and hospitalized for a while and taken to the hospital ship pretty badly hurt. there were 70,000 guy whose came back from the war very severely disabled. and 23,000, 100 percent disabled. i go to the wall, whether i am there day or night, summer or

winter, rain or shin this is always someone there when i get had and someone still there when i leave and that is not just a testament to the bravery of the americans who fought in that same war with me but i see it, trace, as something of a katharsis. >>trace: it is a powerful place to be you can feel it deep inside near the memorial. colonel, we, this is the first memorial day post iraq war, do you believe, now, because we talk so much about the vietnam veterans not getting the respect they deserve do you believe now the veterans coming back from iraq and average are getting the respect they deserve and are vietnam veterans getting the respect they deserve? >>guest: indeed. you correct on both counts and one of the reasons why the heros that come back from overseas today are regarded as such, are

because of what happened to those of us who served in vietnam. what happened to the veterans who served in vietnam should never have happened and should never happen again, and the american people realize it, and that is one of the reasony this place is so visited. it is the most vested memorial in washington, dc. and, i think, in large part it is because everyone realizes that should never happen again. >>trace: you say there are in good wars but there are good warriors and we have had many. >>guest: we do indeed, brother, no doubt. one of the great advantages i have i get to keep companies with heroes because they put themselves at risk for the benefit of others. >>trace: before we light the barbecues what is the take away from today that would you like to tell the country? >>guest: welcome only. if you know a vietnam veteran, say, "welcome home," because it really is a home coming. >>trace: indeed. colonel north, thank you, sir, good to see you.

>> update now on the hacking scandal at britain's news of the world newspaper, today we heard from the former british prime minister, tony blair. live in london. amy? >>reporter: well, tony blair made no apology for his closeness with murdoch or with any members of the media. he said that cozyness is just a fact of life not united kingdom if you are a politician you need to work with the media because if not they will make your life miserable. >> the media people get a power in the system that is unhealthy which i have health 33 my time uncomfortable with. i took the decision and this could be subject to criticism, i took the strategic decision to manage this, not confront it. but the power of it, is

indisputable. all blair during the years of prime minister was often accused of putting a spin on the in us and he went on to say he believed the media here is in need of a reform or pulling in and the distinction in some media outlets between fact and opinion needs to be more clear. he said there was never any deal struck between himself and murdoch, or even the hint of such a deal and the two became closer after he stepped aside as prime minister when he became godfather to one of murdoch's daughters, and, as some, and the sessions go on for hours and hours, frankly there is never a dull moment. >> they paid $6 million every year. >> in this case a heckler member of the public, a documentary maker, breached security at the high court and burst into the inquiry and called tony blair a war criminal and the judge was

quite shocked and blair was saying he was afraid that would be the anyone that made the headlines after the very cousin inquiry. now, this is part of a three prong process having to do with the whole phone hacking scandal. the judge led inquiry which is what tony blair testified in front of today. there is also a parliamentary investigation. as well as ongoing police investigation. tony blair after the war in iraq, someone of a polarizing figure in society and he gave his testimony today several mores of it. that is the late forecast london. >>trace: thank you, live from london. we are new getting reports of a stand off involving police and a man who could be armed on the campus of southern methodist university in texas. officials say a man they believe is a fugitive from dallas police is holed up in the cab of a construction crane. our fox affiliate is had and they report the man is wanted

for a carjacking and the man has been throwing shoes and other items at police telling them to get away. we hear he will threatened to jump and well update you on this story as we get the information. >> a possible turning point in the syrian uprising, the slaughter of dozens of innocent women and children leading russia to distance itself. and, now, u.s. military officials warn they are prepared to act. the details on that are coming up.

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trace the slaughter of more than 100 men and women and children in syria has forced russia to stake a stand. it took this massacre offer the weekend to get russia to take an unusually hard-line against president assad's regime. russia says the syrian

government bears the main responsibility for the violence if that country. the syrian government blamed islamists for the massacre. and we cannot confirm this. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the escalating atrocities in syria could trigger a military intervention. and now, live from jerusalem. connor, does russia's condemnation have an impact on the syrian regime? >>guest: as of right now, no, it does not appear. last night the syrian forces began shelling and attacking a counsel and went through the early hours of monday morning, and we know that 41 people were killed in that attack including women and children and, also, some rebels but it appears there was a large group of civilians mainly bearing the brunt of the attacks. keep in mind those attacks in hamas happened hours after the u.n. security council sill and russia publicly condemned syria for the attacks on friday so it

does not appear that anyone is particularly changing the syrian, way they are attacking civilians here in syria right now. so it does not appear there is anything that can be done in terms of public diplomacy that will change the way the seeps are operating. >>trace: we understand that kofi annan arrived in damascus what does he hope to accomplish there? >>reporter: he hopes to try to restart the very fragile ceasefire that has been in place if about six weeks. it never really took hold but it was clear it was abandoned this weekend when syrian forces began attacking the town outside of the capital with more than 100 killed, including 32 children. it is really clear that the ceasefire never took hold but that is what kofi annan is trying to restart. with the international community really hesitant to do anything other than public diplomacy this

is really no will for intervene militarily. it is not clear what will stop the violence. so the violence is probably going to continue for some time. >>trace: that is the worry. thank you conor. and with us is pulitzer prize winning journalist and fox news contributor, judith miller from the manhattan institute think tank. you listened to the report and there is, russia has a lot riding on syria. is russia part of the answer here? >>guest: well, russia is part of the answer if it chooses to be. and the administration, the obama administration, has leaned very, very heavily on the foreign minister and putin to do more to stop the slaughter. but for assad, the problem is, this is a winner take all game. and there is -- he does not wind to wind up like qadaffi or like

mubarak, in jail. so, for him, he has absolutely no incentive to stop. >>trace: and the violence is escalating by the day and the death tom is rising and children are being killed and the u.n. is ineffective. what is the next step? military enter have by the united states? >>guest: that is the problem. this is no "next step." today we had the first hadn't that, perhaps, the united states might contemplate intervention but most of us who have watched the situation think that is really not much of an option. this is the last thing president obama wants just before an election. i visited the syrian army that is the opposition army on the turkish border and it is turkey that is calling the shots down there not the syrians and the civilian opposition, trace, is an absolute mess. they are at one another's throats, disorganized, they do not respond in any way to the free syrian army or vice versa,

so it is not clear there is a plausible political alternate to as sad which is also part of the problem. >>trace: so if as sad goes who comes in? is it a lesser of all evils? >>guest: it is hard to imagine someone worse than assad but what you can imagine is what the americans have been watching closely, the movement of militants like al qaeda into syria. someone blew up the intelligence will headquarters in syria, a deadly attack and 70 people died and most people think that has the earmarks of al qaeda so you could have the worst of all possible worlds, people still being slaughtered, and noplacible civilian opposition to assad, and, militant islamists moving in to fill the political vacuum. trace the united states says a drone strike killed four militants and pakistan is

outreamed and this relationship is getting more chilly each day. >>guest: this is the other relationship from hell, united states syria and united states pakistan. pakistan is supposed to be our ally but someone might remind them of that but the jailing, the 33 year sentence for the pakistani doctor who helped us kill osama bin laden is one of many outrages. yeses drone attacks are very effective in targeting and killing militants. they do, however, kill fans. that is what pakistan is upset about. if you had good relationship between the two countries this would not matter but it clearly does now. >>trace: judith, thank you. millions of americans have a personal connection to memorial day. parents. grandparents. husbands. wives. sons. daughters. who have served our nation. next, an anchor shares her

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>>trace: americans gather to spend time with friends and family it is important to remember the origin of this holiday. memorial day was first called decoration day, a former union general named john logan proclaimed the holiday in 1868 as a day to place flour worries on the drives of soldiers and millions remember those who served happening now, anchor lee shares with us the special meaning this holiday has for her and her family. >> memorial day is a really special time for me and my

family especially this year. it wasn't always something i knew a lot about. my birthday is around memorial day weekend and when i was little i thought it was cool to have a long weekend a holiday, and as i have gotten order this has changed quite a bit and it changed, really, because i met my husband, my husband graduated from annapolis and went on to seven our country in the navy on both surface ships and with the navy seal team, as well, and it was really early on in our relationship we just met when he brought me to the national cemetery where a few of his very good friends and his teammates are buried. mark lee is the first navy seal killed in iraq who is awarded the silver star. my husband and mark were together when market was killed they were in many firefights together during that deployment. and that was obviously a very significant day. mike is a medal of honor

recipient, a teammate of my husband but as i learned from him when it comes to military service many of you know there is very little division between friends and teammates and family. i met my husband war became personal for the first time in high life, and the reality was because my husband was deployed and the state was real. we have lost two really good friends sense i met my husband, one, ryan job, a seal who was blinded by an enemy er round. he survived that and he was blinded, but he passed away in following surgery that he had to repair the wound. brian bell was in the helicopter of navy seals shot down in afghanistan this past fall, and this is only a few weeks after my husband and i got married and brian, being who he was, figured out how to come to the wedding despite being up against another deployment to afghanistan, so, he was there for that, and he

was with all of our friends and a few weeks later he passed a were so this memorial day i am struck by the profound loss this is. not only to my family, and to our friends, and to our friends' families, but, just the loss to the country overall. there is not a word that can describe it. the people will never be replaced. their as separations -- their dreams will never be most. memorial day is a day to honor warriors and the man electric them who gave their lives, and, you know, have a cold beer in their honor because knowing them, that is what they would want us to do. maybe one beer. not 20, maybe one to honor them this holiday weekend, but let us never for get. c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i g heartburn.

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>>trace: this holiday weekend is a big anniversary for the most recognizable landmarks in the world. the san francisco's golden gate bridge. 75 years ago an estimated 200,000 people crossed the bridge for the very first time. it opened to vehicle traffic a day later. yesterday, thousands of folks retraced those historic footstep s. later, fireworks lit up the sky over the bridge. a woman says she remembers the day the bridge opened. she was eight years old. >> this is opening day and we are walking across the bridge and this is me when i was eight years old. i remember my family telling me, alice, don't run. walk. they left a less egg here in that bridge. it is a beautiful thing, i think. >> beautiful indeed, and the folks who built the bridge did not intend orange to be the

people color. the beams came that way from the factory and an architect liked the color so much he ordered the same color to finish the job. i am trace gallagher, i will be back later today for the fox report at 7:00 in the east and 4:00 in the west before you light up the grill, think about our military member. better yet, thank one, they have done so much for us. have a great day. >> we interrupt this holiday barbecue to warn you about what could be a bummer a summer. welcome, everyone, i am here for neil cavuto and this is "your world," this memorial day could be kicking off a very long summer. not for beachgoers but for the economy. because as gas prices are coming down, americans are still not ramping up their spending. the number of people flying this memorial day weekend expected to drop 5.5 percent from a year ago and more people are